Saturday, 30 May 2009

My weird metabolism again. What was a toothbud wisdom tooth only a year ago had a growth spurt and erupted, and went into full impaction on the next tooth. Pubertal change again. The comparative X-rays were truly anomalous.

Both teeth had to be extracted, one had grown into the other, penetrating the nerve root. So I'm 2 teeth and $450 the lighter.

Since my scholarship is still ensnarled in red tape, my income is zero, so having a monetary hit like this is not the best news. Never mind, I still have some financial cushion left. Our lifestyle is frugal.

At least I don't have osteoporosis. The jawbone was so dense, some had to come out with one of the teeth.

You keep clutching on to every 'odd' thing to try and validate your intersex? why? I've had exactly the same problems with my teeth in my thirties and it's not really anything to do with my metabolism, or myself being intersexed.

I'm trying to find a pattern. And trying not to see patterns that aren't there.

Less than 1 in 10,000 people have 5 roots or more on their back teeth, according to my dentist sister-in-law. It's usually a sign of a genetic abnormality, and associated with a number of unpleasant genetic diseases - which I don't have.

Of course it could be a coincidence.

And as I've said in another context, validation is something I only seek from parking machines, on my ticket.

Zoe has had several physiological oddities show up long before her sudden metabolic upset. Looking back most of them seem to be side effects of the abnormalities that caused the intersex condition. Also a few behavoural traits make more sense now. I don't have to strain to find patterns.

About Me

Actually, I am a Rocket Scientist.
Also hormonally odd (my blood has 46xy chromosomes anyway) and for most of my life, I looked male, and lived as one, trying to be the best Man a Gal could be. Anyway, in May 2005 that started changing naturally for reasons still unclear, and I'm now Zoe, not Alan : happier and more relaxed not to have to pretend any more.
UPDATE - reason now identified as the 3BHSD form of CAH.

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This blog, written by a rocket scientist, is a fascinating collection of information, both personal and scientific, regarding intersex, transsexualism and related psychosocial and psychosexual issues....It is erudite and heartfelt. Just read the posts about the passport issue. You won't know whether to laugh, weep or crawl into a ball and rock gently in a corner - an amazing person.- David---The reason I so appreciate bright, perceptive people - as opposed to ideologues whose intelligence does little to illuminate - is that they manage to both instruct and learn with a certain grace. Among such rarities in the transblogosphere is Zoe, whose direct speech and clear humanity always make her worth reading, even if one doesn’t always agree with her every conclusion.- Val---The following is a request for permission to archive your A.E.Brain blog site which we have wanted to do for several years...The Library has traditionally collected items in print, but it is also committed to preserving electronic publications of lasting cultural value....Since (1996) we have been identifying online publications and archiving those that we consider have national significance....We would like to include A.E.Brain blog site in the PANDORA Archive...-Australian National Library